Inglis cycle in London will work with to get it safetied ( one of the owners has great respect for vintage stuff) but that's a long haul from Niagra
What did you do in your garage today..?
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Is Mt Hope close enough?
That paint looks really good for spray bombs. I’ve been doing some research and there are some very inexpensive, user friendly HVLP spray guns that do a nice job once you’ve got them dialed in. That’s probably the route I’ll go, my RD is not going to be a concourse restoration but if it were I’d be taking it to Connery Custom Paint on Dynamic Rd. In the north end of Scarborough. They do a really nice job of reproducing factory paint jobs, check out their website.
My ‘77 RD was originally red like most were but it’s been spray bombed 10 times over. This is the paint scheme I’m thinking of going with, it’s from a Canada only ‘76 model I think. I remember seeing one years ago at Bar Hodgson’s Kawasaki dealership. This photo is from Connery’s website. They’ve done a ton of Kawasaki triples there too.
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I thought about using a gun for the painting but the spray bombs had the correct colour and are pretty easy to use.
The thing I learned is sand..sand..sand..sand and some more sanding. Multiple coats of primer and finish paint make the sanding and finishing much easier. Make sure you sand any imperfections out between coats. Lots and lots of wet/dry sanding with 2000-2200 grit paper. Once on to the clear coat, 4 or more coats with sanding in between coats.
I probably spend over 100 hours on the tank, tail and side covers.
Considering it was my first go at painting, I very happy with it.
That's about 1 hr. drive from here.
If I get stuck and can't get one more local, its always an option. Options are good.
Where in Mt. Hope?
See pm's.
